Elizabeth Schmidt

Foreign Intervention in Africa

From the Cold War to the War on Terror

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Produktbeschreibung

Foreign Intervention in Africa chronicles the foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, during the periods of decolonisation and the Cold War, as well as during the periods of state collapse and the 'global war on terror'. In the first two periods, the most significant intervention was extra-continental. The USA, the Soviet Union, China, Cuba and the former colonial powers entangled themselves in countless African conflicts. During the period of state collapse, the most consequential interventions were intra-continental. African governments, sometimes assisted by powers outside the continent, supported warlords, dictators and dissident movements in neighbouring countries and fought for control of their neighbours' resources. The global war on terror, like the Cold War, increased foreign military presence on the African continent and generated external support for repressive governments. In each of these cases, external interests altered the dynamics of Africa's internal struggles, escalating local conflicts into larger conflagrations, with devastating effects on African peoples.

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Produktdetails

• New Approaches to African History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9780521709033
• ISBN-10: 0521709032
• Artikelnr.: 36956559

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Schmidt is Professor of History at Loyola University Maryland. She is the author of Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958 (2007), which received the African Politics Conference Group's 2008 Best Book Award, and Mobilizing the Masses: Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Nationalist Movement in Guinea, 1939-1958 (2005), which received Alpha Sigma Nu's book award for history in 2008. Her 1992 book, Peasants, Traders, and Wives: Shona Women in the History of Zimbabwe, 1870-1939, was awarded a special mention in the Alpha Sigma Nu book competition for history, was a finalist for the African Studies Association's Herskovits Award and was named by Choice an 'Outstanding Academic Book' for 1994.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword William Minter; Acknowledgments; Illustrations list; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Nationalism, decolonization, and the Cold War (1945-91); 2. Egypt and Algeria: radical nationalism, nonalignment, and external intervention in North Africa (1952-73); 3. The Congo crisis (1960-5); 4. War and decolonization in Portugal's African empire (1961-75); 5. White minority rule in Southern Africa (1960-90); 6. Conflict in the Horn (1952-93); 7. France's private African domain (1947-91); 8. From the Cold War to the War on Terror (1991-2010); Conclusion; Index.

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Foreword William Minter
Acknowledgments
Illustrations list
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Nationalism, decolonization, and the Cold War (1945-91)
2. Egypt and Algeria: radical nationalism, nonalignment, and external intervention in North Africa (1952-73)
3. The Congo crisis (1960-5)
4. War and decolonization in Portugal's African empire (1961-75)
5. White minority rule in Southern Africa (1960-90)
6. Conflict in the Horn (1952-93)
7. France's private African domain (1947-91)
8. From the Cold War to the War on Terror (1991-2010)
Conclusion
Index.

Rezensionen

'This book is a meticulously researched study that brings together a vast body of literature in a clear and accessible way and is written by one of the leading scholars of her generation. Above all else it underscores how critical foreign intervention has been in shaping the arc of recent history throughout the continent.' Allen Isaacman, Regents Professor, University of Minnesota